<p>The Supreme Court on Friday issued notice to stand-up comedian Kunal Kamra and another comic artist Rachita Taneja on a batch of petitions seeking contempt action against them for "scandalising the court and lowering its authority by publishing tweets".</p>.<p>A bench of Justices Ashok Bhushan, R Subhash Reddy and M R Shah sought a reply from both the artists within six weeks.</p>.<p>The court clarified that both the artists were not required to be present personally before it.</p>.<p>In its written order, the court noted that the Attorney General has given consent for initiating contempt on a request made by petitioners law students and advocate Abhyudaya Mishra, Shrirang Katneshwarkar, Skand Bajpai filed contempt petitions against Kamra. Similarly a law student, Aditya Kashyap took a nod from the Attorney General on December 1 before filing his contempt petition against Taneja.</p>.<p>A consent from the Attorney General or the Solicitor General is statutory requirement for contempt proceedings in the top court. </p>.<p>On Thursday, the court had reserved its order after hearing the counsel from the petitioners.</p>.<p>Kamra had posted "objectionable tweets" against the Supreme Court and its judges, including Justice D Y Chandrachud for taking up bail plea by Republic TV's Editor-in-chief Arnab Goswami on November 11.</p>.<p>Likewise, following the top court's order granting bail to Goswami, Taneja through a Twitter handle @sanitarypanels posted a number of tweets including one in which she described the Supreme Court in an apparently derogatory manner.</p>.<p>Another tweet posted by her in August alleged to quid pro quo due to nomination of former CJI Ranjan Gogoi to Rajya Sabha and the Ayodhya case judgement by a five-judge bench in November, 2019.</p>
<p>The Supreme Court on Friday issued notice to stand-up comedian Kunal Kamra and another comic artist Rachita Taneja on a batch of petitions seeking contempt action against them for "scandalising the court and lowering its authority by publishing tweets".</p>.<p>A bench of Justices Ashok Bhushan, R Subhash Reddy and M R Shah sought a reply from both the artists within six weeks.</p>.<p>The court clarified that both the artists were not required to be present personally before it.</p>.<p>In its written order, the court noted that the Attorney General has given consent for initiating contempt on a request made by petitioners law students and advocate Abhyudaya Mishra, Shrirang Katneshwarkar, Skand Bajpai filed contempt petitions against Kamra. Similarly a law student, Aditya Kashyap took a nod from the Attorney General on December 1 before filing his contempt petition against Taneja.</p>.<p>A consent from the Attorney General or the Solicitor General is statutory requirement for contempt proceedings in the top court. </p>.<p>On Thursday, the court had reserved its order after hearing the counsel from the petitioners.</p>.<p>Kamra had posted "objectionable tweets" against the Supreme Court and its judges, including Justice D Y Chandrachud for taking up bail plea by Republic TV's Editor-in-chief Arnab Goswami on November 11.</p>.<p>Likewise, following the top court's order granting bail to Goswami, Taneja through a Twitter handle @sanitarypanels posted a number of tweets including one in which she described the Supreme Court in an apparently derogatory manner.</p>.<p>Another tweet posted by her in August alleged to quid pro quo due to nomination of former CJI Ranjan Gogoi to Rajya Sabha and the Ayodhya case judgement by a five-judge bench in November, 2019.</p>
